Do I need SATA III for a new IBM Lenovo E530? I can't find any info on if it's worth it to buy SATA 3. Anyone know if it's supported?
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You do not need SATA III. The SSD drive will run at the rated speed of the machine it is installed on, which on laptops is SATA. It is still a lot faster than the original hard drives that come with laptops. That is why I also install the Samsung 830 series SSD drives instead of the faster (and more expensive) 840 series drives on my laptops. You will be making a Very good choice of SSD drive for your machine. Hope that helps you.
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Has anyone actually successfully converted one of the 5.25 bays to 3.5 for a hard drive? I have 9 hard drives and want to see if this would actually fit them all. Thanks
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Good if the connection is sata sata 3 speed will be fully optimized.I believe you will have a good performace with sata 3.gratefulHerbert
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Yes, it works just like any other SATA drive. Just plug it in. But the big benefit is speed. An SSD makes a huge difference, but be sure to activate the "Rapid" function via the enclosed software from SamSung, you get another 100% boost in benchmark speed. I would do a fresh install of Windows and programs. However, Samsung does include a "clone" software for the SSD that has one function, all or nothing, and works very, very well. Try that first if you have a system and programs that you want to migrate to the new computer. But if you are new to Lenovo, the best long-term is to make everything fresh so there are no Qwirks.
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our tech says "they don't have drives." So I suppose that means there are no drive requirements and/or he is referring to the LinkStation itself. He also said "SATA Drives are faster and IDE/SATA are incompatible." We used our Buffalo LinkStation with Linksystems and SATA. Hope this helps.
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No. The yoga 13 has two msata slots. You do not need a sata adapter. Check Lenovo forums online for more info.
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Hi Charles as a computer technician I can tell you that SATA is backwards compatible. So SATA II and SATA III will work in a SATA I the only difference is the max throughput that you will see for read/write performance. I do believe that E-Machine does have SATA ports on it. Secondly to see best performance you would need to install a SATA II or III controller for maximum performance. I installed a SSD drive in my mothers notebook and it's only SATA I it is only about half the performance in my desktop which is SATA III.
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Yes it supports sata3 drives. And it seems to deliver ridiculously fast speeds.
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I assume you were taking the drive from your inspiron? Like previous answer you need a SATA enclosure if this one does not have the right connectors. This one is only for very old drives. Also you're getting the drive from a desktop (not a laptop) you need the 3.5" enclosure.
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This hard drive is compatible with sata 6gb? I hope your early reply thank you in advance.
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Hi Ernest, Here's what I found on the Lenovo Forums site - http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/T430s-mSATA-speed/td-p/767485. According to what they say here, NO, your t430 will not support this drive because the msata port is sata2 not sata 3 which is what this drive is. Good news is it does support SSD msata 2 so you need to look for an msata 2 drive....
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Most SATA3 devices are compatible with SATA1 and SATA2. Definitely research, but from experience most likely you're fine.
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I wondered the same thing when I bought it since I wanted to be certain of this. The manufacturer said it was "compatible" with SATA III, but that does not necessarily mean anything. The external interface is USB 3.0 and limtied to 5Gbits/sec max throughput, of course. Anyway, after testing with a fast 3.5" 7200 disk drive, I came to the conclusion that the drive internally is running at max performance for its platter write speeds - as you can see from my reported review. Unless I were to check with an SSD, I would not be certain of the interface, but my educated guess is that it is is an internal SATA III interface ... hope that helps!
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As far as I know it is SATA III but remember it is very difficult to replace the drive. You must completely disassemble the machine since the drive is on top of the board next to the keyboard, not on the underside like most laptops.
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SATA3 drives are backwards compatible with SATA1. It's merely a bandwidth upgrade that you won't be able to take advantage of. So you should be alright with this drive though you might lose a bit of performance in the read speed in some instances.
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Not paying ninety bucks for sata 1 and no 3d. someone please direct me to a small form factor read write dbl layer plus light scribe 3d either sata 3 or 6? that will fit in a shuttle SH97R6
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I'm using a "Crucial M500 M.2 2280 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT120M500SSD4 " that I caught on sale for $46 for boot and antivirus, with a 500GB ssd for pgms and a 1TB for snapshots and data. No problems with install from optical disk, no problems running Win7. Not any faster than a standard ssd. Consider what you will do when the M.2 ssd fails, do you have a back up replacement ready to go? Or will you revert to a standard ssd?